Texas health officials on Tuesday confirmed the death of a person diagnosed with monkeypox, which, if confirmed as the cause, would be the first known death from the virus in the U.S.
Driving the news: The person was a Harris county resident who was "severely immunocompromised." An investigation is underway to determine "what role monkeypox played" in their death, the state's Department of State Health Services said in a press release.
